Orenburg, January 10, 2012 - TNK-BP informs that NGDU Sorochinskneft incorporated into OJSC Orenburgneft, a subsidiary of the TNK-BP Group, raised the level of associated petroleum gas utilization in 2011 1.2 times up to 72%.

A second gas compressor was successfully launched and put into operation at the oil and gas treatment unit Zagorskaya, which increased associated petroleum gas utilization up to 95% in the Vakhitovskoe field and 90% in the Zagorsko-Lebyazhinskoe group of fields.

"The launch of a new gas compressor is yet another step forward in implementation of TNK-BP's comprehensive program for minimization of the environmental impact of oil and gas production. Emission of pollutants produced by gas burning in flares will be reduced substantially owing to implementation of this project," said Vladimir Kalugin, Head of the HSE Section at NGDU Sorochinskneft.

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TNK-BP is the third largest oil company of Russia. It is owned on a parity basis by BP and the AAR Consortium (Alpha Group, Access Industries, and Renova). TNK-BP owns about 50% of the Russian oil and gas company Slavneft. TNK-BP's share in Russia's oil production, including its share in Slavneft, is approximately 16%. As of December 31, 2010, the total proven SEC life-of-field (LOF) reserves of the company, estimated according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), amount to 8.794 billion barrels of oil equivalent

OJSC Orenburgneft incorporates NGDU Sorochinskneft and the Zaikino Gas Processing Plant. LLC Buguruslanneft is the oldest enterprise of TNK-BP in the Orenburg Region, where commercial oil production began 74 years ago. The overall production of these two companies in 2010 amounted to 19.9 million tons of oil. Subsidiaries of the TNK-BP Group in the Orenburg Region have 121 license areas.

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